Talking-machine-top support and release therefor



G. L. PARRISH. v TALKING MACHINE TOP SUPPORT AND RELEASE THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. I920.

1,353,540, Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

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TALKING-MAGH NE ToP snrron' r AND R LEASE THEREFOR.

i I Application filed llie y z,

To all whom itmay concern: Y j d g Y Be it known that I, GEORGEL. PARnIsrr, a

blacksmith by trade, and a' citizen of the United States, residing at Ricketts, in the.

county of Wyoming 'and' State ofPennsyl vania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Talking Machine Top.

Supports and Releases Therefor, of which the following is a specification, reterence 7 being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to the art of 'attach-" ments for cabinet talking machines wherein closed cabinet tops or covers are employed and particularly to an improved top support and release therefor for supporting the cover or top in an open position. p i

An object is to provide a device of this kind including means for closing the cover' or top readily with one hand of the operator by applying a slight pressure on an actuating rod in order to'unlatch the support for the cover. 1

' It has been found on various types of ma- 7 chines that it' is necessary ptoemploy two hands to lower the cover, oneto'engage the cover tohold it and steady'it as it is liable to move downwardly to closed position and the other hand toactuate the supportto pen mit the cover. then to' -lower, therefore, an object is to avoid this, inconvenience, and in accomplishing it it isthe aim toprovide a pivoted supporting-latch so mounted rela-jl tively to the cover and a keeper on the cabi 1 net that when thecover is raised to an-open position, thesupporting latch will automaticallyby gravitation move into engagement with the keeper, and support the coverv in a raised. position.

Another object is actuated member movable, longitudinally to release the" supporting latch from engage- I ment with the keeper, whereby the cover may form for commercial purposes,the invention to maniially a Specification of Letters Patent. Pt-tgnted Sept. 1920,;

may be susceptib'le'to changes,fand the'right P to these changes is claimed, providedthey are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed. r f

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, show in-the drawings and} claimed]. I

In the dr'awmgsz- Q Flgure, 1 is a perspective view ofa cabinet talking machine including aj'c'abinet, cover;

showingithef' improved cover supporting latch and release therefor as applied,.'and constructed accordance with the 'inven-i tion,

View of the supporting latch; and

Fig. 3 is a section l Vi w 0 in 3-i of Fig. 2..

' Referring to the drawings, '1 designates Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective a conventional form of cabinet alkin ma,

chine, and p2 denotes a plate which is secured to the'top of the cabinetbody as "by means ofscrews3. This plate [constitutes a keeper and is providedwith an elongated slot 4. l

Secured to the cover- 01-1 hinged top of the machine as by means of the screws 5 is anangle plate 6, to'which a supporting latch 7 is pivotally connected as at "8. ]The' lower part of this supporting latch passes;

through the slot 4 of the keeper plate-andis providedwith a notch 9.- "I t is'to be'iioted that the angle plate 6, is so disposed 'rel a-I ma to the keepeif, plate W hey Cover is closed or opened that" whehthefcover is] open, the supporting latch will, automatr cally' by gravitation :move" so that the notch 9fwill engage the marginal. edge of one end of theslotf l in the keeper plate, thereby preventing downward movement 01 the; cover Orhinged top; Heretofore it isnecessary to use one hand to engage the cover and the other hand to releas'e'the support j ing latch when it is desired to lower the 7 cover. The present invention aims to avoid such inconvenience by providing an actuation member for the supporting latch so that when the "member is moved, while the same isstill grasped in the hand of the operator,

the cover may be steadied as it is lowered,

and in this'way accomplishing the lowering of the cover with the use'of'onehand instead of two. "In order to attain this result, a

'110 U-shaped cl'evis 10 is arranged to straddle the supporting latch 7- transversely,that is to say, from the edge thereof. A set screw 11 is carried by one arm of the U-shaped clevis and engages the supporting latch as at 12 so as to hold the clevis in different ad-. justed positions on the supporting latch.

One arm of the clevis has an upstanding ear or lug 13 to which a coupling block 14 is swivelly or pivotally connected as at 15. In other words, this coupling block has a lateral pivot pin 15 which engages through the ear or lug 13 and is swaged as at 16 to form a head, thereby pivotally or swivelly connecting the coupling block to the ear. This coupling block has an opening 17. Mounted on one edge of the cover of the talking machine is a guide eye 18 in which "an actuating rod 19 is guided. One end of this rod terminates in a ring or eye 20, which extends downwardly and laterally from the side of the cover so that it may be easily grasped by one hand of the operator. The other end portion of the rod 19 passes through the opening 17 of the coupling block, and is engaged by a set screw 20 which is threaded through one side of the coupling block, thereby adjustably connect ing the coupling block on the rod.

As before stated, the angle plate 6 is so disoosed relatively to the keeper plate that when the cover is raised the notch of the supporting'latch will automatically engage one end of the slot of the keeper plate. I/Vith the present invention as applied in the manner shown and set forth, a pull upon the rod 19 will move the supporting latch pivotally in a direction of the front of the cabinet of the machine, thereby disengaging the notch from the keeper plate. The rod 19 is still maintained in a forward position, and the hand of the operator still remains in engagement with the ring or eye 20 so as to steady and hold the cover as it is moving to a closed position, thereby preventing the cover fromfalling with force and thereby avoidingthe use of two hands to lower the cover.

The invention havingbeenset forth, what is claimed as new and useful is z- 1. In a cabinet, the combination with a body, of a hinged cover therefor, a pivoted supporting latch carried by the cover, a

keeper secured to the body to be engaged by the supporting latch, a clevis adjustably and detachably connected to the supporting latch, a coupling block operatively and pivotally mounted on the clevis, and a longitudinally movable member mounted in guides of the cover and being in turn adjustably connected to the. coupling block, whereby upon imparting a movement to the longitudinal movable member, the supporting latch may be disengaged from its keeper.

2. In a cabinet, a cabinet body, a cover hingedly mounted thereon, a keeper plate having a slot carried by the top of the cabinet body, a supporting latch pivotally mounted on the cover, said supporting latch being positioned on the cover relatively to the keeper, whereby when the cover is raised. to an open position, the supporting latch will automatically by gravitation engage one end of the slot of the keeper, a clevis carried by the supporting latch, a coupling block pivotally and operatively mounted upon the clevis, a longitudinally movable member mounted in a guide of the cover and being adjustably connected to the cou pling block, whereby upon moving the member, the supporting latch may be disengaged from the keeper.

3. In a cabinet, a cabinet body having on its upper surface a keeper plate provided with an elongated slot, a cover hinged thereto, a supporting latch so pivotally mounted upon the cover relatively to the keeper plate and provided with a notch, whereby upon raising the cover to an open position, the supporting latch will gravitate, whereby the notch may engage one end of the slot in the keeper plate, a clevis adjustably fixed on the supporting latch, a couplingblock pivoted on the clevis, a longitudinally movable member mounted in a guide of the cover and being in turn adjustably connected to the coupling block, whereby upon moving the member in a direction forwardly of the cover, the supporting latch may be disengaged from the keeper.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

GEORGE L. PARRISH. 

